Getting started with selections

You can use selections to isolate an area of the canvas to apply effects or transformations, while protecting the unselected areas from the changes.

Selection types

Corel Painter supports two types of selections: path-based and pixel-based. The method that you use to create a selection determines its type.

You can covert a pixel-based selection to a path-based selection. For more information, see To convert a pixel-based selection to a path-based selection.

Selection methods

The following table describes the various methods for using selections.

 

Selection tools

The following table describes all of the available selections tools.

 

 

rectangular selection tool
oval selection tool
lasso tool
polygonal selction tool
magic wand tool
panel options
transform tool
selection adjuster tool

Selection brushes

Selection brushes let you create freehand selections by painting. Explore the collection of Selection brush variants in Corel Painter to find some useful brushes or create your own custom variants. For more information, see Selecting areas by painting and Selection brushes.

Selection storage

In Corel Painter, each new selection automatically replaces the current selection, therefore, you need to store a selection in order to reuse it. Corel Painter includes two options for storing the selections that you want to reuse.

 


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